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FOUCAULT
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• FOUCAULT (noun)
The noun FOUCAULT has 1 sense:
1. French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
Familiarity information: FOUCAULT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Foucault; Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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